Babbling?

GrayGhost13

Just curious ... are any of your LOs still "babbling," meaning vocalizing a lot without forming actual words?

DS has added a ton of new words in the past month or so, but he still babbles at length while he tends to only use real words when prompted (like when we ask him what he wants).

Just wondering if this is normal. We're on the fence about doing a speech eval next month, based on our pedi's recomendation.

Sonadora

My kid babbles constantly.

We'll get: "Mama? Goblelalalblababamanamenaeatkneaklgn" Like she's trying to tell me something desperately, but doesn't have the words and then looks at me like I'm nuts because I don't go do whatever it is she wanted me to do.

She has a bunch of real words, but they are dead useful ones like "bug" and "doggeh." So she only uses them in context and will use others when prompted to name her body parts and such.

desertlady86

DD babbles a lot still. She is adding more words though,finally. The pedi doesn't seem to worried about her though since DH didn't talk until after he was 2.

I was talking to my OB the other day and she said her DD didn't start walking and talking until she was after 18 months, then it was like a switch went off.  Her DD's pedi also wanted her to take her to speak therapy. She said she finally gave in and did it for like 3 months and it never made a difference (that was when she was just after a year old. This gave me hope that DD is just being stubborn too. 

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GrayGhost13

Thanks, ladies!

For clarity's sake, I wanted to clarify that the speech eval was not rec'd due to him babbling but rather for the lack of word combinations. What the pedi said was that if he wasn't using two-word phrases by 20 months we could consider an eval, if we wanted one. She gave us a script but wasn't pushy about it at all, so I think it's up to us to decide. I keep hoping he's going to start busting out the phrases in the next couple weeks, so we don't have to make a decision!

Serendipity117

Sonadora:

My kid babbles constantly.

We'll get: "Mama? Goblelalalblababamanamenaeatkneaklgn" Like she's trying to tell me something desperately, but doesn't have the words and then looks at me like I'm nuts because I don't go do whatever it is she wanted me to do.

She has a bunch of real words, but they are dead useful ones like "bug" and "doggeh." So she only uses them in context and will use others when prompted to name her body parts and such.

This is O to exactly, has words but babbles a ton.

star1123

My son babbles a ton, too.  He doesn't have a lot of words though either - about ten.  No two word combination either. 

Our pedi doesn't worry about speech until two as long as they have some words, but we just recently got an evaluation from EI and he is going to be starting speech therapy soon.  

missmuffin87

Hazel still babbles, but only while pretending to talk on the phone. She will take my phone or a toy phone and say " hewo, blagablegahbu, bye bye" and hang up the phone. I think she's just being silly and mimicking my phone conversations. I'm pretty sure some level of babbling is still normal at this age. 

Cheekers2010

G has tons of words.  Repeats everything we say.  Has 2 and 3 word phrases.  And...babbles like crazy still!  Lol.  I think he just likes to hear himself "tallk."

GrayGhost13

rachelrm87:

Hazel still babbles, but only while pretending to talk on the phone. She will take my phone or a toy phone and say " hewo, blagablegahbu, bye bye" and hang up the phone. I think she's just being silly and mimicking my phone conversations. I'm pretty sure some level of babbling is still normal at this age. 

Yes, DS spends lots of time "talking on the phone." It's funny because even thought he's not saying anything, his tone rises and falls like he is.

kat81again2

we totally have that. DS uses words here and there but most of the time he "talks" with nonsense. He gesticulates, uses wonderful intonation, points, etc, but it's not English he's speaking! haha

I doubt you need to do an eval but I guess it depends on how many words your DS has at all. Like 5 or less? Or more like 25+?

JLSmith124

Aaron still babbles a lot. He likes to see what his voice can do. He is always making some kind of a noise, but he still speaks when he needs to.

desertlady86

GrayGhost13:

Thanks, ladies!

For clarity's sake, I wanted to clarify that the speech eval was not rec'd due to him babbling but rather for the lack of word combinations. What the pedi said was that if he wasn't using two-word phrases by 20 months we could consider an eval, if we wanted one. She gave us a script but wasn't pushy about it at all, so I think it's up to us to decide. I keep hoping he's going to start busting out the phrases in the next couple weeks, so we don't have to make a decision!

I don't think DD is any where near using two word phrases. Her vocabulary is pretty limited to but it's getting better.  

GrayGhost13

kat81again2:

we totally have that. DS uses words here and there but most of the time he "talks" with nonsense. He gesticulates, uses wonderful intonation, points, etc, but it's not English he's speaking! haha

I doubt you need to do an eval but I guess it depends on how many words your DS has at all. Like 5 or less? Or more like 25+?

I think we're at around 25 right now. (Although we were at <10 when we saw the pedi at 18 months). Most of them he doesn't use regularly, but will repeat after us if we say them.

enjoylife

We have lots of babbling still.  A has about 25-30 signing words (which he will occasionally put 2 together) speaking was slower. At 18 months I think he only spoke about 5 words and now he's somewhere around 15 but no 2 word combos.  When we prompt for 2 words we get one verbal and one signing :-)  Our pedi wasn't concerned since A is typically able to communicate needs and understands/follows commands.  I agree with pp that the babbling is just them chattering away like us so they can hear themselves speak. 

jax63081

DS still mostly babbles too.  We had him evaluated at 17 months old(per pedi recommendation) for his speech and they were not concerned.  They said if we are concerned at age 2 then to contact them again.  He definitely does not have 2 word phrasing yet.  I get a little frustrated because our DC provider says he is saying all sorts of words and he never says them at home.  I feel like any time now he is going to start saying things that make sense to me.

belizeitornot

Sonadora:

My kid babbles constantly.

We'll get: "Mama? Goblelalalblababamanamenaeatkneaklgn" Like she's trying to tell me something desperately, but doesn't have the words and then looks at me like I'm nuts because I don't go do whatever it is she wanted me to do.

She has a bunch of real words, but they are dead useful ones like "bug" and "doggeh." So she only uses them in context and will use others when prompted to name her body parts and such.

This is us exactly. And if I say "what?" after that jibberish, she does more babbling, only quieter, like she thinks she's done something wrong.

H does have a lot of real words - well over 100 - that she uses quite a bit, but she definitely babbles a lot when she's playing.

jillybean800

I think babbling at this age is not only normal, it's a necessary part of speech development. They are mimicking how speech sounds to them and they add the vocabulary later.  A lot of times A will say, Ahagaba doggie abadakaka.  And I feel like he was trying to tell me something about the doggie. Eventually the other words will get filled in, haha!

kat81again2

GrayGhost13:

kat81again2:

we totally have that. DS uses words here and there but most of the time he "talks" with nonsense. He gesticulates, uses wonderful intonation, points, etc, but it's not English he's speaking! haha

I doubt you need to do an eval but I guess it depends on how many words your DS has at all. Like 5 or less? Or more like 25+?

I think we're at around 25 right now. (Although we were at <10 when we saw the pedi at 18 months). Most of them he doesn't use regularly, but will repeat after us if we say them.

I saw later down your post about your real concern being no 2 word phrases. I think DS maybe once put two words together. So I would say he does not do this either and I think many/most kids this age have not.